Sound Off

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Why isnít anyone outraged that the city of Detroit wants to charge people to visit Belle Isle to help maintain it? When the state wanted to do the same thing, people were screaming, ďYou canít charge our people?Ē Do you really think Detroit will use this money to clean up the island?

ó Hazel ParkHow long will the residents of Ferndale have to put up with the Motorama and Digital Learning Center, both incubators for criminal activity? Year after year, arrests are made on these two facilities. What it gets down to is the money.

ó Ferndale Of course, the city of Detroit needs an emergency manager. But it also needs SWAT teams to swarm through the city. It is very obvious that the city has been destroyed almost on purpose. Detroiters need to understand that they donít own anything. Detroit and Belle Isle belong to the entire state. If they donít like it, leave.